Horseshoeing appliance.



F. J. FRANCE L P. F. CHAUN.

HORSESHOEING APPLIANCE.

.A `APPLICATION FILED OCT. ll, 191].

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

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FLOYD J. FRANCE AND PETER E. CEAUN, 0E QUINCY, MICHIGAN.

I-IORSESHOEING APPLIANCE.

Application led October 11,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be 1t known that we, FLOYD J. FRANCE and PETER F. CRAUN,` citizens ofthe United States, residing at Quincy, 1n the county of Branch and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorseshoemg Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

to farriery and has improved rIhis invention relates more especialreference to an horseshoeing appliance.

The invention has for its dominant object to provide av hoof supportingdevice adapted for use by farrier-s, whereby a horses foot will besupported in a manner and position such as will allow shoeing thereof ina rapid and efficient manner.

Another` object of the invention is to provide a device of the charactermentioned whereby the hoof of a' horse will be resiliently supported,thereby allowing the shock incident to the nailingof the shoe upon thehoof to be fully absorbed.

The foregoing together n with additional advantageous details andlarrangement of parts of the preferred embodiment of my invention will beclear from the specic descriptionhereinafterV contained, whenl read inconnection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part thereof, whereinsaid embodiment of' theinventioIi" is illustrated for the purpose offacilitating a full understanding of the present improvements.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through theimproved support;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section therethrough;

Fig. 3 is a detail partly in section showing the modified form ofaccessory; and

Fig. 4 is a detail in elevation of another modified form of accessories.

Having more particular reference to the drawings and in connection withwhich like reference characters will refer to corresponding parts in thehollow standard, the lower extremity of which is externallyscrew-threaded and received in a multiple-legged stand 2. Over ltheupper end of the tubular standard 1 there Specfcation of Letters Patent.

several views, 1 represents a PatentedSept. 10, 1918.

1917. 'serial N. 195,955.

tening` devices are passed through the lower end of the cap 3 intoengagement with the standard 1, serving as means for securing the capthereto.

Slidably received in the hollow standard 1 is a shaft 7, substantiallyrectangular in cross-section and hafing one marginal edge thereofprovided with a series of teeth v8, the purpose of which will bevvsubsequently obvious. The. upper end 9 of the shaft receives thereover ahead 10, the upper end of which is rounded as at 11. To resilientlysupport the head 10 upon the upper end of the shaft 7 a coiled spring 12is arranged upon the reduced end 9 and, as shown'in Fig. 1, engages theunder side of thetop' of the said head 10. Slots 13 are formed in thelower portion of the head 10 at opposite points and receive theextremities of pins carriedupon the ad'- jacent portion of the shaft 7,thus limiting the movement of the head with relation to the shaft. Uponthe outer sides of the head 10 there are formed a plurality ofdiagonally disposed ribs 14, which ribs serve as means for securingaccessories hereinafter fully described in position upon the shaft 7. p

A support 15 having a concaved upper portion is provided andv carriesacollar 16, the inner surfaces of which are provided with otherdiagonally disposedribs 17 adapt-- ed tobe engaged with the ,ribs 14formed upon the head 10 when the support is turned into engagementtherewith. There is also providd'a bracket 18, the same having formedupon the upper end of the vertical hank thereof a rest 19, while thelower end of the shank is provided with a collar having diagonallydisposed ribs 2O formed upon its inner surface, which ribs may beengaged with the ribs 14 on the head 10 by turning the same thereupon.The bracket or support 1S serves as means for facilitating the handlingof bars of iron, it of course being understood that one en of a bar isarranged upon the anvil at which the farrier is working while the otherend is arranged upon the rest 19 of the support. In this way, theservices of a helper will be dispensed with.

In Fig. 4 there is disclosed another modified form of attachment 'forthe appliance, the same including a shank 21 having a ratchet face 22formed upon one marginal edge thereof, the teeth of which are adapted tobe engaged by the pawl 4. The upper extremity of the shank 21 isbifurcated to provide'bearing members and receive a roller 23 therein,the said roller having trunnions arranged upon the opposite ends of thesame. WVith this attachment, bars of iron may be readily handled by a'singleinan, one end of the bar resting upon the anvil and the other endresting upon the roller 23. Thus, when it is desired to move the sameforwardly it is only necessary to roll the bar of iron.

When using the improved horseshoeing appliance, the shaft 7 is permittedto lower in the hollow standard l, whereupon the lower end of the head lwill rest upon the top of the cap 3, thus forming a rigid supporttherefor. The horses leg is now placed upon the rest-l which has beenpreviously v turned into engagement with the head l0 i and the old shoeremoved and the hoof pared I that .the new shoe will or trimmed in orderseat flush thereon. Subsequent to the trimming of the hoof it is desiredto placethe new shoe thereon, whereupon the shaft 7 is raised to theproper height in the standard and the pivotal pawl 4 engaged with one of'the teeth 8 formed on the said standard.

By -so adjusting the shaft, it will be appreciated that a resilientsupport will be provided for the leg of the horse and as a consequence,all shock transmitted to the hoof of the animal during the nailing ofthe shoe thereon will be absorbed by the spring l2.

After the shoe has been placed on the hoof and it is desired to le orrasp the same to remove the surplus portions ofthe hoof, the shaft 7 isagain lowered into the standard and the rest l5 disengaged from the head10, whereupon the hoof of the horse may be placed upon the roundedsurface 11 of the said head Vand supported thereon during the rasping ofthe same. l

*said positions in the standard, a head With our improved appliance, itwill be' readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that yweeliminate the heretofore laborious work incident to horseshoeingoperations, wherein the farrier supported the horses leg in a positionto allow the placing of the shoe upon the hoof.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification, and such modification as is within the scope `of ourclaims we consider within the spirit of our invention.

l. A device of the character described, including a hollow standard,a'shaft movably received in the standard having a series Vof teethformed upon one edge thereof, a pivoted pawl on the standard engageablewith teeth for securing the shaft in adjusted slidably shaft, resilientmeans interposed between the head and the adjacent end of the shaft, anda restidetachably engaged with said head. l,

2. A device vof the character described, including a hollow standard,legs for supporting said standard, a shaft movably received in thestandard and having a series of teeth formed upon one edge thereof, apivoted pawl on the standard engageable with the teeth on said shaft, ahead upper end slidably received on the upper end of said shaft,resilient means interposed between said vhead and the adjacent end ofsaid shaft, and a rest detachably engaged with the head. y

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures hereto.

supported on said FLOYD J. FRANCE@ PETER F. oRAUN.-

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